RETTAI SUZHI

My Review: Rettai Suzhi






“Rettai Suzhi ” is not a children’s movie but a childish movie . Movie is boring , screenplay is sluggish & the story is a beaten to death one right from the black and white era . Much hyped pairing of K.Balachandar & Bharathiraja falls flat with a very confusing characterization of the two. Director himself is baffled with their characterization for in one scene they both act plain childish while in another they play damn serious . Atleast Bharathiraja has some role to play while that of K.Balachandar is downright pathetic.

Only thing that keeps one going is the sparkling dialogues from Nalan Thamizh which are humorous & hard hitting at the same time. Here is a very promising writer from whom much can be expected in the future. His take on Kushboo brings down the roof with laughter. Another strength of the movie is it’s children cast who all have done a stupendous jobs though they act overtly smart for their ages in most of the scenes.

New find Aari is passable while Anjali’s “Susi” pales into insignificance especially with her’s “Kani” still ruling the minds of the cine-goers.

Karunas is humorous while others in the supporting cast don’t have anything to do . Sad to see artist of the stature of Jayachitra wasted in such an insignificant role.

Karthik Raja’s music is ok as far as the songs are concerned while his BGM is bad.

Chezhiyan’s visuals are catchy .

Thamira who used to help K.Balachandar in his serials is yet to come out of the serials mode .He ought to work hard on screenplay & direction .

On the whole , Rettai Suzhi is much ado about nothing.

Bottomline : Juvenile.

2/5

PAIYYA

My Review: PAIYYA



There are certain movies you come out of the cinema hall neither liking it nor disliking it. As a reviewer one may not have any motivation to write review for such movies for it is difficult to talk about a movie when one neither like or dislike it. ”Paiyya” is one such movie from which one returns with an empty feeling.

Except for the fact that the movie’s setting which is a travel from Bangalore to Mumbai nothing else is novel in the movie. We have a heroine eloping from home to escape a forced marriage ; a good for nothing , jobless , penniless hero falling in love at first sight as if it is the only goal of his life ; a very dangerous thug whom even the powerful police of Mumbai are scared of easily brought down by the hero to mention a few are all drawn from commercial movies which we have seen for ages.

Thing that goes for the movie are sparkling music of Yuvan Shankar Raja , wonderfully done stunt choreography by Kanal Kannan captured nicely by cinematographer Madhi & dazzling onscreen chemistry of Thamanna & Karthi . If only the old fashioned screenplay of Lingusamy was something fresh movie would have gone places . Yes the screenplay is racy but it wouldn’t have made any one guessing what will happen on screen for the happenings there are too obvious for any one who had seen Tamil movies of the yore.

Karthi is dashing but compared to his previous two movie here he has nothing to do as far as the acting is concerned & same goes for Thamanna too . Milind Soman is wasted in such a banal role.

Kanal Kannan’s stunts are stylish & are a treat to the eyes especially the car chases with the one just before the interval just too good. It wouldn’t have made such an impact if not for some amazing cinematography from Madhi . He has done a stupendous job too.

Yuvan Shankar Raja’s music is the major reason for the opening the movie got with all the songs topping the charts for couple of months now. “Thuli Thuliyai ” , “Yen Kadhal Solla ” & “Adada adada adai mazhada” are gems.

On the whole , “Paiyya ” joins the list of movies which after being hyped a great deal turning out to be a bummer .

Bottomline : Very average .

2.5 / 5